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Leonard P. Breedlove

1801 - 1900 Composer of "I'M GOING HOME" in The Sacred Harp Breedlove served on the 1849-50 com­mit­tee for the Sac­red Harp mu­sic­al con­ven­tion. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

John Palmer Reese

1828 - 1900 Person Name: J. P. Reese Composer of "THE GOLDEN HARP" in Sacred Tunes and Hymns John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia. Antonio Higgins

H. S. Reese

Author of "Farewell, vain world, I'm going home" in The Sacred Harp

N. D. Crawford

Author of "When the Last Roll Is Called" in Dortch's Gospel Voices

W. F. Moore

Arranger of "RAGAN" in The Sacred Harp

Anonymous

Author of "Farewell, vain world, I’m going home" in The Sacred Harp In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

W. T. Dale

1845 - 1924 Composer of "[Farewell, vain world, I'm going home]" in Dortch's Gospel Voices

J. Henry Showalter

1864 - 1947 Composer of "FAREWELL, VAIN WORLD" in The Brethren Hymnal

E. J. King

1821 - 1844 Arranger of "SERVICE OF THE LORD" in The Sacred Harp Elisha J. King was the co-compiler (with B. F. White) of the fasola shape note tunebook The Sacred Harp, but died shortly after the volume was published.

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